Ave Virgo gloriosa

1. Blessed Be the God and the Father for chorus & organ
Composed by Samuel Sebastian Wesley

2. Laetentur coeli, motet for 5 voices (SMexATB)
Composed by William Byrd

3. See, See, the Word Is Incarnate, anthem
Composed by Orlando Gibbons

4. Terra tremuit, motet for 5 voices (SSATB)
Composed by William Byrd

5. This Is the Record of John, anthem
Composed by Orlando Gibbons

6. Alleluia, tollite jugum meum, in mode 3 Magnificat
Composed by Gregorian Chant

7. Symphony No. 2 in B flat major ("Lobgesang", "Hymn of Praise"), Op. 52 I Waited for the Lord
Composed by Felix Mendelssohn

8. Jesu, dulcis memoria, hymn for 4 voice (spurious)
Composed by Tomas Luis de Victoria

9. Missa Dum complerentur, for 6 voices
Composed by Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina

10. Sicut cervus, motet for 4 voices (from Motets Book II for 4 voices)
Composed by Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina

11. Cantique de Jean Racine, for 4-part chorus & organ (or orchestra), Op. 11
Composed by Gabriel Faure

12. O Where Shall Wisdom Be Found, anthem
Composed by William Boyce

13. Light of the World, We Know Thy Praise
Composed by Edward Elgar

14. Ave Virgo Gloriosa for chorus
Composed by Richard Dering

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Average customer rating: Impeccable English Style The Tallis Scholars do their namesake proud

The Tallis Scholars Sing Thomas Tallis Manufacturer: Gimell UK ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Tallis | Tallis, Thomas | ( T ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Vocal & Song | Early Music | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music | Requiems Tallis Scholars | ( T ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Sacred & Religious | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Anthems | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Magnificats | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Motets | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Psalms | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Classical | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: Tallis Scholars sing Palestrina The Essential Tallis Scholars Christmas With the Tallis Scholars The Tallis Scholars Sing Josquin Tallis: Spem in Alium ASIN: B00026W65E Release Date: 2004-09-14

Tracks:

1. Spem In Alium
2. Sancte Deus
3. Salvator Mundi, Salva Nos I
4. Salvator Mundi, Salva Nos II
5. Gaude Gloriosa
6. Miserere Nostri
7. Loquebantur Variis Linguis
8. If Ye Love Me
9. Hear The Voice And Prayer
10. A New Commandment
11. O Lord, Give Thy Holy Spirit
12. Purge Me, O Lord
13. Verily, Verily I Say Unto You
14. Remember Not, O Lord God
15. Tunes For Archbishop Parker's Psalter
16. O Lord, In Thee Is All My Trust
17. Christ Rising Again
18. Blessed Are Those That Be Undefiled

Tracks:

1. Lamentations Of Jeremiah I
2. Lamentations Of Jeremiah II
3. Absterge Domine
4. O Sacrum Convivium
5. In Manus Tuas
6. Salve Intemerata
7. Magnificat For 4 Voices
8. Ave, Dei Patris Filia

Customer Reviews:

Impeccable English Style.......2007-07-13

If you favor blend, balance, pitch, and all the other parameters of the English traditional choral style, you'll be very impressed with the Tallis Scholars' refined presentation. the music speaks for itself.

The Tallis Scholars do their namesake proud.......2006-07-27

In the last couple of years, the Tallis Scholars have been compiling their sizeable recording output into attractive two-disc editions. Here, they've collected a large number of their interpretations of their namesake, Thomas Tallis. Tallis (c. 1505-1585) is, of course, one of the giants of Renaissance music, and he was certainly the greatest English composer of liturgical music between John Dunstable and William Byrd. I personally consider him the second-greatest Renaissance composer after Palestrina, but I'm not dogmatic about it. I love the music of Josquin, Victoria, and Byrd almost as much. Let's just say that, if you're interested in immersing yourself in the work of a single Renaissance composer, you can't do much better than Tallis.

These recordings were made 1985-1998, and they all sound great. Included in this collection are most of Tallis best and best-known works: the two Lamentations of Jeremiah, O Sacrum Convivium, Gaude Gloriosa, Tunes for Archbishop Parker's Psalter (which contains the theme that inspired Ralph Vaughan Williams' famous Fantasia), and the incredible 40-part motet Spem In Alium (which is one of the supreme masterpieces of the 16th century). Unfortunately, there are some notable absences, such as the Tallis Scholars' own recording of O Nata Lux. The Mass for 4 Voices, certainly one of Tallis' major works, is also nowhere to be found. Of course, there's only so much music that will fit onto two CDs, but it's still a shame that they couldn't fit at least one of Tallis' masses. Nevertheless, the music that's here is beautiful and powerful.

The Tallis Scholars themselves need no introduction. They're one of the most famous groups specializing in Renaissance music. It needs to be said, however, that if you're looking for "authentic" recordings (that is, recordings that approximate what the music originally sounded like in the 16th century), you might want to look elsewhere. The Tallis Scholars use female singers instead of boys or (ahem!) castrati (though it's doubtful that Tallis would have used or written for castrati himself). And one could complain that these recordings use too many singers for some of the smaller pieces or that the sopranos overpower some of the larger ones (like Spem In Alium). I'm neither an enthusiast nor an opponent of the authentic-performance movement; since we're listening to recorded music anyway, these issues strike me as moot. The Tallis Scholars are experienced and accomplished singers, and they achieve their primary goal: to provide superlative-sounding recordings of important early choral compositions. If you're looking for a fine compilation of Tallis' music or an excellent introduction to Renaissance music, this is it.

Average customer rating: The Voices of Angels Easter in Medieval England Astonishing beauty Unearthly Beauty Stirring and profoundly spiritual

The Lily and the Lamb: Chant and Polyphony from Medieval England Manufacturer: Harmonia Mundi Fr. ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Anonymous 4 | ( A ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Motets | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Classical | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: An English Ladymass: Medieval Chant and Polyphony Miracles of Sant'iago: Music from the Codex Calistinus Love's Illusion-Music From The Montpellier Codex 13th Century Lammas Ladymass - 13th and 14th Century English Chant and Polyphony La Bele Marie: Songs to the Virgin from 13th-Century France ASIN: B0000007EH Release Date: 1995-08-22

Tracks:

1. Processional Hymn: O gloriosa domina
2. Hymn: milde lomb isprad o rode
3. Conductus: Ave Maria gracia plena
4. Conductus: O Maria stella maris
5. Sequence: Stabat iuxta Christi crucem
6. Sequence: Stillat in stellam radium
7. Sequence: Salve virgo singularis
8. Sequence: Stond wel, moder, under roode
9. Sequence: O Maria virgo pia
10. Hymn: In te concipitur
11. Sequence: Jesu Cristes milde moder
12. Motet: Veni mater gracie - Dou way, Robin
13. Motet: O mors moreris - O vita vera - Mors
14. Conductus: Salve virgo tonantis solium
15. Sequence: Miserere miseris
16. Conductus: Ave Maria salus hominum
17. Conductus: Memor esto tuorum
18. Antiphon: Ave regina celorum

Amazon.com essential recording

The disc's title refers to Mary and her son, the Christ, which is the general theme of the medieval chant, polyphony, and poetry that forms this program. The selections are ordered around three 13th century "sequences" that describe Mary's experiences at the foot of the cross. You can get deep into the mechanics and musicological aspects of this fascinating music, or you can just listen. This is music that speaks to everyone, and the mere sound of these voices, whether in their incredibly pure and perfect unison or multi-colored polyphony, can touch places within that otherwise rarely resonate. There's also something reassuring about connecting in this way with struggling souls of the distant past whose cares and hopes were much like ours. They survived largely due to their faith and its proclamation through music such as this. --David Vernier

Customer Reviews:

The Voices of Angels.......2007-03-29

Its not often in this busy life that you can settle back and listen to the voices of angels weave a peaceful tapestry around you while earthly cares fade and vanish in the ether. The Anonymous 4 are weavers of wonder and peace. No matter that your spiritual persuasion might not be Roman Catholic - or any other established Old World Church. If this music doesn't calm your savage soul and lead you to offer a prayer of thanksgiving for the purest qualities of the human voice, nothing will. Stick with your Heavy Metal. "The Lily and the Lamb" isn't for you.

If you are someone who appreciates classical, Baroque, and/or Renaissance music, do not hesitate to enjoy this CD. The liner notes are also interesting and informative. Every CD from this group is of the highest quality. They also make much appreciated gifts for those you care about.

Easter in Medieval England.......2006-05-07

The Lily and the Lamb. Chant and Polyphony from Medieval England. Performed by Anonymous 4 (Ruth Cunningham, Marsha Genensky, Susan Hellauer, Johanna Rose).
Recorded in September and October, 1994, at the Priory Church, Boxgrove, Chichester, England.
Harmonia Mundi HMU 907125. Total time: 66’45”.

This was, I believe, the fifth recording made by the “anonymous” ladies, and it has a great deal to recommend it: they are in absolute top form vocally, the recording venue, an old English priory church, was ideal for this repertoire, and the Harmonia Mundi engineers seem determined to outdo even their own brilliant prior efforts, capturing the sound with a clarity and purity that just about exhausts the capacity of normal CD sound. The repertoire here recorded consists of Latin hymns, sequences and conductus, complemented by three early English monophonic pieces each lasting over eight minutes – something that the ensemble itself obviously found to be too much of a good thing without some kind of alteration, so they added the vocal equivalent of a reed drone to the later voices of one of these hymns. The texts concern themselves with what happened at Easter, regarding the sacrifice of Christ and the suffering of the cross mostly through the eyes of Christ’s mother, Mary (in the same Catholic tradition as the well-known “Stabat mater” text). This content leads, despite some delightful polyphonic outbreaks, to a certain austerity which is inherent in the pieces themselves, and I would agree with the reviewer who thinks that newcomers to Anonymous 4 would possibly do better to go back to their first two recordings (“An English Ladymass” and “On Yoolis Night”, the second of these with some heavenly Christmas rejoicing) before coming to this excellent but musically perhaps slightly less rewarding disc. Incidentally, Susan Hellauer points out in her fine introductory notes that “by the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries Mary had been transformed into a goddess-like figure”. How appropriately phrased! If, like me, you are a Protestant or evangelical Christian, you may find yourself wincing at the texts, which I would personally want to describe as pseudo-Christian. It is probably best, therefore, to ignore the booklet and just listen to the glorious sound of these delightful voices and to thank God both for them and for the fact that the monolithic medieval culture of Europe has been changed for ever by the Reformation and the Enlightenment.

Astonishing beauty.......2005-10-12

Like several other of the Anonymous 4 CDs, this one entitled 'The Lily & the Lamb' is a collection of chant and polyphony from medieval England. 'The Lily' is a reference to the Blessed Virgin Mary; the Lamb, of course, is the Christ. Mary was a very popular subject in medieval Britain - perhaps two-thirds of all the music that survives from this period is dedicated to her, or involves her as a subject.

Included in this piece is a processional hymn and other pieces (conductus, sequences, hymns, motets and a concluding antiphon). The sequence is a liturgical form that are often monophonic. The conductus, on the other hand, has many voices, but usually declaiming the same text. Hymns are strophic, with verses repeating to the same music. The motets here involve somewhat strange pairings of chant and songs overlaid on each other.

This is a disc from the midpoint of the career of Anonymous 4, and their voices are in perfect sync with each other.

According to the American Record Guide, 'The singing is absolutely gorgeous. Not only do the 4 sound like angels; they phrase and inflect seraphically as well. You need go no further than the 'O Gloriosa Domina' Processional that starts the program to hear their clear, handsome, seemingly effortless unanimity in action.' The beginning with the processional is significant, for in live performances the Anonymous 4 often incorporated this to echo a liturgical feel to the music.

-- Liner Notes --
This text accompaniment to this disc is very full, so much so that the booklet is not contained within the jewel case, but rather within a slipcover in which both the CD/jewel case and the booklet reside. The liner notes include a description of the work, a brief piece about the quartet, and the lyrics of the songs both in original language and in translation - all repeated in English, German, and French sections.

-- Anonymous 4 --
Contrary to the implication of their name, the Anonymous 4 are not anonymous. This is a vocal quartet made up of Ruth Cunningham, Marsha Genensky, Susan Hellauer, and Johanna Rose at the time of this recording (Ruth Cunningham will later go on to a solo career early, and another member will join - Jacqueline Horner). They came together as a formal group in 1986, and have been ensemble-in-residence at St. Michael's Church in New York City, giving concert series in New York as well as throughout North America. They have been featured a number of times on national media in North America as well as Germany. They then went on to yet more success, eventually performing more that 1000 concerts worldwide.

Their specialty is working with chant, monophonic and polyphonic music, and working with medieval texts. According to one source, 'The group takes its name from an anonymous music theorist of the late 13th century, Anonymous IV, who is the principal source on the two famous composers of the Notre Dame school, Léonin and Pérotin.'

The group ended a touring career of nearly two decades in 2004.

Unearthly Beauty.......2000-07-11

As a lover of music - though I prefer Blues to opera - I found this CD a classic to rank with the best of chant (my second favorite vocal genre). The voices are sublime, both in themselves and in their unison. This is absolute proof that the human voice is a beautiful instrument.

The recording is live and present, very real. The music is eternal and transcendent.

Can't say what spiritual connection there is for me - I belong to an older faith - but there is a spiritual grandeur in this music, just as in Gregorian or Byzantine chant, in Bach, or in any music that speaks from a depth.

If you need music to remind you that there is much in the cosmos that is greater than the daily trudge, that there is beauty that endures, this is a good choice.

Stirring and profoundly spiritual.......1999-09-08

As a lover of classical music and opera in particulaur I heartily recommend this album. The voices are unearthly in their beauty, and the subject matter of the songs demands thought if you are one who thinks of yourself as Christian. While religous it is also intimate and human, a quality often lacking in "chant" albums. The soft voices of these delightful sopranos feels like a blanket wrapping you up in the love of God. How's that for an endoresement?

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Average customer rating: Dunstable and Egyption art A valuable experience Exceptional

John Dunstaple: Musician to the Plantagenets /Orlando Consort John Dunstable , and Orlando Consort Manufacturer: Metronome ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Early Music | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Vocal & Song | Early Music | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music | Requiems General | Renaissance (c.1450-1600) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Orlando Consort | ( O ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Sacred & Religious | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Hymns | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Masses | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Similar Items: John Dunstable: Motets / Hilliard Ensemble The Call of the Phoenix: Rare 15th-century English Church Music Antoine Busnois: Missa O Crux lignum; Motets; Chansons Ockeghem: Missa Mi-Mi Ockeghem: Missa Cuiusvis Toni / Missa Quinti Toni ASIN: B000002K3V Release Date: 1996-01-30

Tracks:

1. Descendi in ortum meum
2. Ave maris stella
3. Gloria in canon
4. Speciosa facta es
5. Sub tuam protectionem
6. Veni sancte spiritus
7. Albanus roseo rutilat
8. Specialis virgo
9. Preco preheminencie
10. O crux gloriosa
11. Salve regina mater mire
12. Missa Rex seculorum: Gloria
13. Missa Rex seculorum: Credo
14. Missa Rex seculorum: Missa Rex Seculorum- Sanctus
15. Missa Rex seculorum: Missa Rex Seculorum - Agnus Dei

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Just how important was early-15th-century English composer John Dunstaple (also spelled Dunstable)? This recording's liner notes have a provocative answer: "He was the most influential English composer outside England before the Beatles." Well, there are no guitars or love songs here--only voices and exclusively sacred music--but it's some of the most glorious church music you'll find anywhere. Its transparent textures are laced with dazzling harmonies and lively rhythmic passages. The music responds especially well to this perfectly configured and balanced ensemble of four male voices--countertenor, two tenors, and bass, supplemented on some works by two additional tenors. They achieve a wonderfully vibrant resonance that gives the music an almost palpable presence. Included is a newly discovered canon that hasn't been heard for 500 years--a spectacular addition to this must-have early music recording. --David Vernier

Customer Reviews:

Dunstable and Egyption art.......2002-10-13

Dunstable is the dawn of renaissance music with its glow and dewy freshness. To compare Dunstable to Dufay may be liken Schubert to Mozart. The latter is more symmetrical and apollonian. Dunstable's music can "overflow" like the Nile. Indead, if Dufay is Greek, Dunstable is Egyption. For example his broad, static, and reposeful harmonies can be liken to Egyption art. Or to a river where the harmonies proceed going from one current to another. The partwriting is more "spatial" less "linear", so while intricacy isn't lacking, it is less prominant than in medeival France. As a curioso, the Egyptions were the ancient masters of astronomy and math and Dunstable was an astronomer and mathematican. There is an impersonal and expansive quality to their artistry. Yet no renassaisance music I know of surpasses it in warmth, sponteniety and noble simplicity.

The Orlando Consorts sings with marvelous feeling and clarity.
It is a dream comming true to those who want to know Dunstable.
The Hilliard disc. of Dunstable is superb too. Both are highly recommended.

A valuable experience.......2000-06-14

This recording is the only experience I have with Dunstable. His music is very hard to find; it's available in little snippets on various recordings, but as far as I know there have only been 2 discs completely devoted to him: this disc and one by the Hilliard Ensemble. His relative obscurity can be explained in several ways: it probably has mostly to do with the very small amount of his music which still exists and his position in history as a composer in an idiom which we have little connection with. It's really a shame that he's so underrepresented, because his music is very good. I think the problem is a vicious circle: few listeners, even of early music, have much exposure to this early Renaissance/late medieval music, and as a result there is very little interest in recording it, so it stays in obscurity. Admittedly the music is esoteric: even as an avid listener to Renaissance music I find it hard to relate to. The harmony and sonority usually associated with Renaissance music (Palestrina, Victoria, Byrd) are largely not present here (I'm fairly certain that Dunstable is classified as a Medieval composer anyway). But there is definitely polyphony and harmony which denote transition from Medieval to Renaissance. The listening experience is difficult to describe; my first time listening to the disc I was underwhelemed. But I think the important step is to find the contemplational element; this idiom is a very beautiful one but one unlike most "classical" music - getting used to it takes awhile. You will find, though, a very different mindset in Dunstable. His approach is very mathematical (he was himself accomplished in the natural sciences) and very technical, but those things belie the importance of the music. Listening to the music requires contemplation, introspection, and reflection - not just an appreciation of the sound of the harmony (because this kind of harmony is largely foreign, to me at least).

The Orlando Consort sings with great skill. These singers are all quite experienced (a couple of them also sing with the Tallis Scholars and the rest are names familiar to me, though I can't remember right off hand which groups they're associated with). Their tone is good (the countertenor is not shrill), their balance excellent (although with only one voice on a part this is usually not that much of a problem). They blend very well and produce a great deal of warmth while maintaining focus as a whole and distinctiveness between the parts. The tempi and dynamics are good, preserving a sense of mystery and depth about the music. The Gramophone award was well deserved. Incidentally, I wish that the Hilliard Ensemble recording was not continually out of stock, because I'm very much a Hilliard fan and would like to hear that recording for purposes of comparison. Anyway, I can't, unfortunately, offer any comparative information between the two.

A splendid recording all around...

Exceptional.......1999-05-12

The Orlando Consort has won a Gramophone award for their marvelous interpretation of Dunstable. Dunstable's been really lucky: the Hilliard's recording of Dunstable motets (three of which overlap on both recordings) was also a Gramophone winner back in the early 80's. These are some of the best early music recordings ever made. Dunstable has a special voice, he's a real melodist. Don't miss either of these two recordings!!!

Average customer rating: You can't go wrong with Palestrina

Palestrina: Assumpta est Maria; Missa Assumpta est Maria ; Ave Maria. Beata Es Virgo Maria. Hodie Glorisosa Semper Virgo Maria. Regina Coeli. Septimi Toni. Manufacturer: EMI Classics ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Sacred & Religious | Renaissance (c.1450-1600) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Magnificats | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Masses | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Motets | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Renaissance (c.1450-1600) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music CDs Under $7 | Classical General | Classical | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Classical General | Classical | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music 4-for-3 Classical | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 All Music | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Palestrina: Missa Papae Marcelli, Missa Aeterna Palestrina: Missa Pro Defunctis/Motets ASIN: B000005GV5 Release Date: 2002-11-05

Tracks:

1. Motet: Assumpta Est Maria
2. Missa 'Assumpta Est Maria': Kyrie
3. Missa 'Assumpta Est Maria': Gloria
4. Missa 'Assumpta Est Maria': Credo
5. Missa 'Assumpta Est Maria': Sanctus
6. Missa 'Assumpta Est Maria': Benedictus
7. Missa 'Assumpta Est Maria': Agnus Dei I
8. Missa 'Assumpta Est Maria': Agnus Dei II
9. Motet: Ave Maria
10. Motet: Beata Es, Virgo Maria
11. Motet: Hodie Gloriosa Semper Virgo Maria
12. Motet: Regina Coeli
13. Magnificat Septimi Toni

Customer Reviews:

You can't go wrong with Palestrina.......2007-06-14

This is an exquisite recording of Palestrina's works, performed by The Clare College Choir and conducted by Timothy Brown. They beautifully master the pure, clear tone required by 16-century compositions. This recording is an excellent addition to the collection of any classical music lover.

Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (4 March 1525 - 2 February 1594) was an Italian composer of Renaissance music. He was the most famous sixteenth-century representative of the Roman School of musical composition. Palestrina had a vast influence on the development of Roman Catholic church music, and his work can be seen as a summation of Renaissance polyphony.

Palestrina left hundreds of compositions, including 104 masses, 68 offertories, more than 300 motets, at least 72 hymns, 35 magnificats, 11 litanies, 4 or 5 sets of lamentations etc., at least 140 madrigals and 9 organ ricercari (however, recent scholarship has classed these ricercari as of doubtful authorship; Palestrina probably wrote no purely instrumental music). His Missa sine nomine seems to have been particularly attractive to Johann Sebastian Bach, who studied and performed it while he was writing his own masterpiece, the Mass in B Minor. His compositions are typified as very clear, with voice parts well-balanced and beautifully harmonized.

Average customer rating: Ave Maria Gregorian Chant CD

Ave Maria Manufacturer: Jade Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Early Music | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Sacred & Religious | Early Music | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music | Requiems Vocal & Song | Early Music | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music | Requiems General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Chants | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Similar Items: The Soul Of Chant Gregorian Book of Silos Salve Regina: Gregorian Chant Chant II Lost in Meditation: Meditative Gregorian Chants, Vol. 1 ASIN: B0000015JA Release Date: 1995-10-10

Tracks:

1. Ave Maria: Salve Regina
2. Ave Maria: Ave Plena Gratiae
3. Ave Maria: Ave Mater
4. Ave Maria: Salve Mira Creatura
5. Ave Maria: Salve Mater Misericordiae
6. Ave Maria
7. Ave Maria: Alleluia: Tota Pulchra Es
8. Ave Maria: O Quam Glorifica
9. Ave Maria: Gloriosa
10. Ave Maria: Benedicta Es Tu, Virgo Maria
11. Ave Maria: Sub Tuum Praesidium
12. Ave Maria: Paradisi Portae - Eructavit
13. Ave Maria: Virgo Dei Genitrix
14. Ave Maria: Virgo Purdentissima
15. Ave Maria: Ave Regina Caelorum
16. Ave Maria: Concordi Laetitia
17. Ave Maria: Tota Pulchra Es, O Maria
18. Ave Maria: Solis, O Virgo
19. Ave Maria: Gaudens Gaudebo
20. Ave Maria: Ave Virgo Speciei
21. Ave Maria: Regina Caeli

Customer Reviews:

Ave Maria Gregorian Chant CD.......2007-01-13

Great CD. My wife and I listen to it almost daily. We even use it for prayer sessions. Also the product was in perfect condition and and was as advertised. We're totaly satified.

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Hail Queen of Heaven Cambridge Singers , and Rutter Manufacturer: Collegium ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Gospel | Christian & Gospel | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Classical | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Ave Verum Corpus: Motets & Anthems Christmas Star Christmas Music from Medieval Sing Ye Heavens - Hymns for All Time Lighten our Darkness ASIN: B00006O0OE Release Date: 2003-02-25

Tracks:

1. Gregorian Chant: Alma Redemptoris Mater
2. Guerrero: Ave Virgo Sanctissima
3. Traditional: There Is No Rose Of Such Virtue
4. Victoria: Ave Maria (For Four Voices)
5. Dering: Ave Virgo Gloriosa
6. Gregorian Chant: Ave Regina Caelorum
7. Palestrina: Stabat Mater
8. Bruckner: Ave Maria
9. Verdi: Laudi Alla Vergine Maria
10. Stravinsky: Ave Maria
11. Tchaikowsky: Dostoino Yest
12. Gregorian Chant: Regina Caeli Laetare
13. Howells: Regina Caeli
14. Anon.: Hail! Blessed Virgin Mary
15. Villette: Hymne A La Vierge
16. Swayne: Magnificat
17. Gregorian Chant: Salve Regina
18. Byrd: Alleluia. Ave Maria
19. Victoria: Missa Vidi Speciosam
20. Holst: Ave Maria
21. Victoria: Ave Maria (For Double Choir)

Album Description

`Performances are excellent . . . in fine sound, you should get this.' In Tune (USA)

Average customer rating: Go To Amazon.com/uk Wonderful Set, but why pay this much?

Thomas Tallis: The Complete Works (Box Set) Manufacturer: Signum UK ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Byrd, William | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Tallis | Tallis, Thomas | ( T ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Early Music | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Sacred & Religious | Early Music | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music | Requiems Vocal & Song | Early Music | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music | Requiems Sacred & Religious | Renaissance (c.1450-1600) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Sacred & Religious | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Anthems | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Chants | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Magnificats | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Masses | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Partsongs | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Psalms | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Te Deum | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Songs & Lieder | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Renaissance (c.1450-1600) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music ASIN: B0006OR0DA Release Date: 2005-01-25

Customer Reviews:

Go To Amazon.com/uk.......2006-02-23

Thank you Paul Schleuse. Your review is right on, and most importantly, I paid $113. (including shipping) from amazon.com/uk to Boston. Less than halk the price here.

Wonderful Set, but why pay this much?.......2005-07-30

This is a landmark set: the complete works of one of the most important composers of the 16th century, in performances of grace and clarity. However, you can get it for less than half of the US price by buying it at Amazon.co.uk. At GBP65.20, it works out to just over $100, or about $10 per disc--quite a bargain on a major addition to any serious early-music collection.

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Ave Maria / The Soul of Chant Manufacturer: Jade Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Early Music | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Sacred & Religious | Early Music | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music | Requiems Vocal & Song | Early Music | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music | Requiems General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Chants | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music ASIN: B0001GOHA2 Release Date: 2004-03-16

Average customer rating: The Best. An intriguing recording

Monteverdi: Second Vespers for the Feast of Santa Barbara Manufacturer: Hyperion UK ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Monteverdi | Monteverdi, Claudio | ( M ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Sacred & Religious | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Motets | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Oratorios | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Classical | Imports | Stores | Music ASIN: B000002ZET Release Date: 1997-09-09

Tracks:

1. Second Vespers For The Feast Of Santa Barbara: Organ Improvisation
2. Second Vespers For The Feast Of Santa Barbara: Deus in adiutorium meum intende
3. Second Vespers For The Feast Of Santa Barbara: Angelicam vitam eligens
4. Second Vespers For The Feast Of Santa Barbara: Dixit Dominus Domino meo
5. Second Vespers For The Feast Of Santa Barbara: Pulchra es, amica mea
6. Second Vespers For The Feast Of Santa Barbara: In Dei orta sata
7. Second Vespers For The Feast Of Santa Barbara: Laudate pueri Dominum
8. Second Vespers For The Feast Of Santa Barbara: Giovanni Amigone: Sonata
9. Second Vespers For The Feast Of Santa Barbara: Paterni oblita amoris
10. Second Vespers For The Feast Of Santa Barbara: Laetatus sum in his
11. Second Vespers For The Feast Of Santa Barbara: Nigra sum, sed formosa
12. Second Vespers For The Feast Of Santa Barbara: In Sanctae Trinitatis
13. Second Vespers For The Feast Of Santa Barbara: Nisi Dominus aedificaverit domum
14. Second Vespers For The Feast Of Santa Barbara: Giovanni Amigone: Sonata
15. Second Vespers For The Feast Of Santa Barbara: Trinitatem venerata
16. Second Vespers For The Feast Of Santa Barbara: Lauda Jerusalem
17. Second Vespers For The Feast Of Santa Barbara: Duo Seraphim clamabant

Tracks:

1. Second Vespers For The Feast Of Santa Barbara: Confitebor tibi Domine
2. Second Vespers For The Feast Of Santa Barbara: Exultet celebres virginis
3. Second Vespers For The Feast Of Santa Barbara: Ora pro nobis
4. Second Vespers For The Feast Of Santa Barbara: Hodie beata Barbara virgo gloriosa
5. Second Vespers For The Feast Of Santa Barbara: Magnificat
6. Second Vespers For The Feast Of Santa Barbara: Dominus vobiscum
7. Second Vespers For The Feast Of Santa Barbara: Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina: Gaude Barbara beata
8. Second Vespers For The Feast Of Santa Barbara: Sit nomen Domini benedictum
9. Second Vespers For The Feast Of Santa Barbara: Audi coelum verba mea
10. Second Vespers For The Feast Of Santa Barbara: Angelus Domini nunciavit Mariae
11. Second Vespers For The Feast Of Santa Barbara: Sancta Barbara, ora pro nobis
12. Second Vespers For The Feast Of Santa Barbara: Ave maris stella

Amazon.com

Scholars have been trying for years to figure out the occasion for which Monteverdi might have composed his extraordinary Vespers of 1610. At the time he wrote the music, Monteverdi was employed by the Gonzagas, the ruling family of Mantua; while his duties there were secular in nature, it has been suggested that he may have written the Vespers for the feast of Saint Barbara, the Gonzagas' patron saint, and adapted them to honor the Virgin Mary when he published the music. Harry Christophers and the Sixteen perform here a speculative reconstruction of just such a Vespers service. The traditional order of the works has been changed somewhat to match the order of service for the Vespers of Saint Barbara; plainchant, prayers, two sonatas for solo cornett, and a Palestrina motet in Saint Barbara's honor have been added as well. (The hymn Ave maris stella, aimed specifically at the Virgin and with no place in a Vespers for any other saint, is tacked on at the end for the sake of completeness.) The chorus of the Sixteen (two or three singers per part) and the instrumental contingent give a competent performance, but one without much excitement. The soloists, sopranos especially, are a bit shaky (although the tenor duet-trio "Duo seraphim" is beautifully done). Completist Monteverdi collectors will want this unique rendition of his masterpiece, but it really isn't a first choice, even among liturgical reconstructions. (That would be Andrew Parrott's glorious 1984 recording.) --Matthew Westphal

Customer Reviews:

The Best........2006-07-17

This is easily the best version out there. Incredibly underrated masterpiece of a recording. Don't pay attention to the editorial- the solos are brilliant and as always Christophers chorus is indescribable- and his plainchant is even better than McCreesh. Best recording of one the greatest masterpieces of western music.

An intriguing recording.......1999-04-18

This recording has grown on me. At first I was confused, because Christophers uses such an unusual performing edition of this Vespro that it is almost unrecognizable. But the choral singing here is very beautiful, so this bizarre Vespro has finally won me over. Some of the solo voices are not the most distinctive, but they don't have much to sing, since Christophers gives us a choral version of this masterpiece; so ultimately the somewhat unexciting solo singing is not a major drawback. In this regard I must say that I will never understand one thing: how can a director use any male soloist other than Mark Padmore when Mark Padmore is available. Here Nigra Sum, for example, is sung by Andrew Murgatroyd - and who in the world is Murgatroyd and why did he deserve the honor? So Nigra Sum doesn't sound like much. But then Duo Seraphim sounds like a real winner - one truly terrific track in the entire recording. And why? Because it's got Mark Padmore in it. Of course, this is just my rookie opinion. Murgatroyd sings Nigra Sum on Rene Jacobs' recording of the Vespro as well, so there must be something to his singing that gets him votes more important than mine.

Track Listings:

1. Bach: Two Cantatas; Handel: Arias from Susanna & Messiah
2. Bartók: Sonatas for Violin & Piano
3. Beethoven: Egmont Overture; Symphony No. 3 "Eroica"
4. Best Of Mozart [Box set]
5. Brahms: Hungarian Dances; Dvorák: Slavonic Dances; Strauss: Till Eulenspiegel
6. Brahms: Intermezzi Op117; Schubert: Piano Sonata in Bf No21, D960
7. Canto Olympico
8. Chansons De Trouvères
9. Classical Christmas Favorites
10. Concertos Alla Jazz

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Cocky [Import]

Ives Ensemble Plays Ron Ford, Richard Rijnvos, Micha Hamel, Richard Ayres, Ivo van Emmerik, Gene Carl

Gershwin Standard Time: The George Gershwin Centennial Tribute

Music: Downtown/I Know a Place

Inside the Other Days

Gets Next to You

Hear My Praise

Hummel: Sonata for piano No5; Sonata for cello Op104

In the Mood: The Love Songs [Enhanced]

Héroes Antologia: 1986/1988 [Import]

Goin' Through Changes

Give Us Moore [Import]

From Dusk Till Dawn [CD-single] [Import]

Beethoven: Spring & Kreutzer Sonatas

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